SAYRE, P.A. (WENY) - 34-year-old Michelle Bevan of Sayre was arrested by Sayre Police on felony charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child following an investigation.

Officers say Sayre Police were dispatched to 200 block of Stevenson street on Thursday to speak with a person who said a child came to a church and said they were locked out of the house by their mother. The child said she would not let them back in. When Police arrived at the home they were unable to make contact with anyone at the child's home and the doors were locked. According to Police, the child told them their mother was drunk and had squeezed them until they could not breathe. The child also told officers about an incident that happened earlier in which the mother had placed the child's hand on a hot cooking stove causing an injury.

Bevan was arraigned and remanded to the Bradford County Jail. The child has been placed with Bradford County Children Youth Services. 

The investigation is ongoing.